Welcome to www.128BB.info, home of the 128th Glasgow Company of The Boys’ Brigade on the internet. It is hoped that you enjoy your visit to the 128’s website and we politely invite you to make use of the links which appear on the right hand column of your screen to help the ongoing work of the Company. Our website was designed and created by www.XiteDesign.co.uk, and our sincere thanks go to Micheal Hutcheson for his time, effort and advice.

A wee bit about the 128

We meet in Williamwood Church in Clarkston, which is on the South Side of Glasgow. The Church was built in 1937, and the BB Company has been an active part of the work of the Church in this area. 

We aim to provide a safe environment to allow the boys to grow and develop into young men, the opportunity to learn, to experience activities that they may not get through school or within their homes. To become the leaders of tomorrow.

History of The Boys’ Brigade

There are plenty of other websites on the internet and books that go into more detail of the history of the Boys’ Brigade movement, and maybe one day, this one will include more information. But to summarise, the Boys’ Brigade was founded in 1883 by William Alexander Smith (later to become Sir William A. Smith) in Glasgow. William Smith was a Sunday School leader who felt that the boys in his Sunday School needed more than life in Glasgow at that time was able to give them. He worked effortlessly to establish the Boys’ Brigade in the North Woodside area of Glasgow, his idea was so successful that news spread and other Companies were formed, having met with the criteria of the ‘Council of the Boys’ Brigade’ that all companies must be attached to a Church or other religious body. By 1885 there were 15 companies, 12 in Glasgow and 3 in Edinburgh. Today you will find The Boys’ Brigade movement throughout the world, with excellent growth year on year in many of the world’s developing countries.

The object of The Boys’ Brigade is as relevant today as it was when it was first written; “The advancement of Christ’s Kingdom among boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness.” The word Obedience was added in 1893.

The anchor is the crest of The Boys’ Brigade with the words ‘Sure and Stedfast’ enscribed on it. These words were taken from Hebrews, 6:19; “Hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast.”

“It’s great…

to be in the 1-2-8!”